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10:00Federal Reserve

Guest host: Susan Page

A new bill in the Senate would dramatically reduce Federal Reserve Powers to oversee Wall Street and regulate banks: An update on ongoing political efforts to rein in the Fed and revamp the nation's financial regulatory system

Guests

Steve Bartlett, President & Chief Executive Officer, The Financial Services Roundtable

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of "Plunder & Blunder the Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy" (PoliPointPress)

Damian Paletta, reporter, Wall Street Journal

Allan Meltzer, professor,political economy, Carnegie Mellon School of Business, visiting scholar, American Enterprise Institute and author of "A History of the Federal Reserve"

11:00Ali Eteraz: "Children of Dust" (HarperOne)

Guest host: Susan Page

A Pakistani American searches for his Islamic identity. From servant of Islam to Islamic reformer, a journey of self discovery that goes through the madrassas of Pakistan to the American Bible Belt and beyond.

Guests

Ali Eteraz, a contributor to True/Slant, "The Guardian UK" and "Dawn" and blogs in the Islamosphere.

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